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Feasibility Report for Talaiyuthu Limestone Mine (G.O. (3D) No. 154, Extent - 22.305 Ha) of The India Cements Limited (ICL), Sankarnagar, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu

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FEASIBILITY REPORT



CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO

PRE - FEASIBILITY REPORT

I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4

II INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION

11

III PROJECT DESCRIPTION 19

IV SITE ANALYSIS 33

V PLANNING BRIEF 38

VI PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 40

VII REHABILITATION & RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN 40

VIII PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES 40

IX ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) 41



LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO.

PARTICULARS PAGE NO

1. LOCATION MAP 15

2. LEASE PLAN 16

3. GEOLOGICAL PLAN 24

4. GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTION 25

5. SURFACE LAYOUT PLAN 26

6. MINE POSITION AT THE END OF PRESENT PLAN PERIOD 27

7. CONCEPTUAL PLAN 28

8. CONCEPTUAL CROSS SECTION 29

9. STUDY AREA WITHIN 10 KM RADIUS 35

LIST OF ANNEXURES

ANNEXURE NO.

PARTICULARS

PAGE NO

1 MINE GO COPY FOR G.O. (3D) No. 154 43

2 COPY OF RENEWAL APPLICATION IN FORM-J AND ITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN FORM-D

49

3 MININIG PLAN APPROVAL LETTER 55



CHAPTER I

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION

M/S. The India Cements Limited (ICL) is having four mining leases in Talaiyuthu

limestone mine in TirunelveliTaluk and District. They are:

Sl.No. G.O No./Date Village Extent

Classification Hec.

1. 154/24-12-1998 Gangaikondan 22.305 Non-forest Patta

2. 628/11-09-1989 Talaiyuthu 17.44 Non-forest Patta

3. 148/18-6-1999 Talaiyuthu 96.71 Reserve Forest

4. 546/11.08.1989 Talaiyuthu 02.58 Poramboke

All the infrastructural facilities at Talaiyuthu Limestone Mineare commonly

used for these leases. This report is prepared for getting environmental clearance for

G.O.(3D) No.154 over an area of 22.305 Hectares (55.12 Acres).

Limestone from this mine will be supplied to the India Cement’s Sankarnagar plant

located about 2.7 km(By Road),South of the mine site. The lease boundaries are shown

below:

The lease boundaries are shown below:



The mining lease was originally granted vide G.O.Ms.No.1622 dated 23.03.1965 for

a period of 20 years from 21.09.1965 to 20.09.1985 and the first renewal was granted vide

G.O.Ms.No.570 dated 22.08.1989 for a period of 10 years from 21.09.1985 to 20.09.1995.

Subsequently the second renewal was granted vide G.O. (3D) No.154 dated 24.12.1998 is

enclosed as Annexure– 1. The second renewal was granted for a period of 20 years and

the mining lease validity was expired on 20.09.2015. The mining lease renewal application

has been filed in Form –J and the renewal process is under consideration of Government of

Tamilnadu. The copy of Form-J and the acknowledgment of application in Form-D are

enclosed in Annexure - 2. As per MMDR Amendment Act 2015 the validity of mining lease

is up to 31.03.2030.

For obtaining environmental clearance, as per MoEF&CC Notification of September

2006, Form I and Feasibility report have to be submitted along with proposed Terms of

reference (TOR) for prescribing TOR for the project by MoEF&CC / SEIAA.

The mining lease area is less than 50 hectares and the declared Gangaikondan

Spotted Deer Sanctuary is located within 5Km from the mine site, hence this project

falls under category A as per MoEF&CC Notification.

Hence, Form – 1, proposed ToR and feasibility report have to be submitted to

MoEF&CC, for prescribing TOR and according EC after submission of EIA/EMP report to

them.

This feasibility report for G.O. (3D) No. 154 is prepared in line with the

guidelines issued by MoEF&CC, vide their letter dated 30th September 2010 for the

peak usable limestone production of2.09 LTPA (Lakh Tonnes per annum) for

obtaining TOR from MoEF&CC towards getting environmental clearance for the total

ML area of 22.305 Ha.

This feasibility report is prepared based on the mining plan submitted for the period

2015-16 to 2019-20 and was approved by IBM vide letter No – TN/TNL/MP/LST-1955-MDS,

dated 13.10.2015 (Annexure – 3).

1.1 LOCATION DETAILS OF PROJECT:

The project is located in Gangaikondanvillage, TirunelveliTaluk,Tirunelveli district of

Tamilnadu. The district Headquarters, Tirunelveli is about 13 km (road)away from Project

and the nearest railway station, Talaiyuthu which is about 4.3 km (road) away from project.

Mining operations are commenced in this area by the project proponent right from the

year 1965 onwards. Entire land is non-forest Patta land. The lease area falls between

latitude N8° 49’ 00.0” to N8° 49’ 24.5” and Longitude from E77°43’ 49.0” to E77°43’ 59.10”

and falls in Survey of India Toposheet No. 58 H/9.



2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

2.1 BRIEF PROJECT PROFILE:

1. Name of Mine project : Talaiyuthu Limestone mine – G.O.(3D) No. 154

2. Project proponent : The India Cements Limited (ICL)

3. Extent : 22.305 Ha.

4. Type of Land : Non-forest Patta land.

5. Location : Gangaikondan village, TirunelveliTaluk& District, Tamilnadu

6. Topography : Sloping terrain with working RL ranging from 66 m to 114 m

AMSL.

7. Production capacity : Peak usable limestone production of 2.09 lakhtonnes per

annum

8. Total balance mineable

Reserves as on 01.09.2015

: Limestone - 4.9 lakhs tonnes

Magnesia Limestone - 9.1 lakh tonnes

Total -14.0 lakh tonnes

9. Balance Waste as on

1-9-2015

: Development waste -35.07 lakh tonnes

Interstitial waste -5.75 lakh tonnes


10. Limestone to OB / waste

Ratio (T:T basis)

: Average of 1 : 2.89

11. Method of Mining : Mechanised mining method with conventional drilling and

blasting is being adopted in the mine. Whenever secondary

breaking is necessary hydraulic excavator attached with rock

breaker is engaged. Hydraulic excavators are engaged for

excavation of Limestone and waste rock. Tippers of 20Ts

capacity are deployed for transportation of Limestone to

factory & also for hauling waste rocks in to waste dump.

12. Bench parameters Height : 10m

Width : 10m

Ultimate pit slope : 450

Bench slope angles : 600

13. Ore end use : For captive use in cement plant of ICL at Sankarnagar

about 2.7kms – S, (by road) away.

14. Waste management : The waste materials generated in the mine are development

waste and interstitial waste. The entire waste material

generated in the mine will be dumped in the waste dump

located in the eastern part of lease area. It is proposed to



advance the dump towards South and east during the Plan

period.

15. Life of mine : About 10 years

16. Water courses : No major water course in Mining lease area. Thamirabarani

River flows 5.4 km away from the SE direction of the lease

area.

17. Ecologically sensitive

features

: Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary is situated about

2.2km (NE) from the project site.

18. Other industries in the area : Mining leases of Krishna mines, South India mines &

Minerals and other mining leases of M/s. ICL, SIMMINDS,

blue metal quarries, Gangaikondan SIPCOT, Wolkem India

Limited are situated in nearby and surrounding areas. ICL

cement factory is 2.7kms away (by road) from this project.

19. Combined Manpower : Direct – About 17, Indirect - About 100

20. Combined Water Requirement &

source

: About 17.0 m3/ day met from Bore well & mine sump

(Combined for G.O. 628& G.O. 154)

21. Site services : Common site services like mine office, first aid room, rest

shelters, toilets, already existing in the mines. The proponent is having centralized workshop

facilitiesat mines maintenance division. Licensed Magazine located at Ramayanpattiand

Talaiyuthuvillage is used commonly for Talaiyuthu Limestone Mines for storage of

explosives. There will not be any storage of explosives at site.

22. End use of the product : Mined out limestone is being and will be used for

Cement manufacturing unit of ICL at Sankarnagar.

23. Mineral Transport : The limestone is being transported through dedicated road

to cement manufacturing unit of ICL at Sankarnagar.

24. CSR activities : For various CSR activities, M/s. The India Cements Limited

spent about Rs. 261.70 Lakhs in the period of 2010 – 2016.

Future plan of action estimated for next five years period

includes Rs.50 Lakhs. For all the mining leases of Talaiyuthu

Limestone Mines. Rs. 10 lakhs per year will be spent under

CSR.



2.3 LAND USE PATTERN:

The present land use pattern, at the end of plan period and the post mining land use

pattern is shown below.

Sl.No. Head

Area of Land Use (Ha)

As on date

At the end of plan period

At the end of life of the mine

1 Area excavated 9.422 10.921 12.164

2 Storage for top soil 0.000 0.000 0.000

3 Overburden Dump 3.647 6.690 7.456

4 Mineral Storage(Low Grade fines) 0.000 0.000 0.000

5 Infrastructure 0.000 0.000 0.000

6 Roads 0.241 0.241 0.241

7 Railways 0.000 0.000 0.000

8 Green Belt 0.000 0.500 1.000

9 Tailing Pond 0.000 0.000 0.000

10 Effluent Treatment Plant 0.000 0.000 0.000

11 Mineral Separation Plant 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Township area 0.000 0.000 0.000

13 Others (Area for future mining) 8.995 3.953 1.444

Total 22.305 22.305 22.305

3.0 PROJECT LAYOUT IN RELATION TO IMPORTANT NATURAL FEATURES:

The mining lease area is devoid of declared ecologically sensitive features like

national parks, biospheres, sanctuaries, etc., as mentioned earlier. No forest land is involved

in the lease area. The area also does not come under CRZ category.

In the 10km buffer zone,the following features are observed:

S.No Particulars Details

1. Nearest villages Talaiyuthu - 1.7 km - S

Thenkulam – 3.2 km – W

Pudur - 3.0 km - NW Tatanuttu- 1.5 km - SE Nallammalpuram - 3.2 km – NW Pallikkottai - 4.2 km - N Gangaikondan – 6.3 km – NE Rajapathi – 5.2 km NE

2. Nearest Major water bodies Tamirabarani River –5.4 km - SE Chittar River – 6.4 Km - NE

3. Notified Archaeologically important

places, Monuments Nil within 10km radius

4. Local Places of Historical and Tourism

Interest Nil within 10km radius

5. Environmental sensitive areas, Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary in



Protected areas as per Wildlife

Protection Act, 1972 (Tiger reserve,

Elephant reserve, Biospheres, National

parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, community

reserves and conservation reserves)

Tirunelveli (G.O.TN.No. 150 dated 01.10.2013) is

notified under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972

situated within the 5km (2.2 km) radius from the

project site.

6. Reserved / Protected Forests Talaiyuthu R.F – The mining lease area falls

adjoining to the Reserved forest area, where the

proponent has applied for renewal of mining lease

which is pending for forest clearance.

Gangaikondan P.F – 2.2km –E

7. Defence Installations Nil within 10km radius

8. Seismic Zone Zone – II (Least Active)

9. Other Industries in the area Mining leases of Krishna mines, South India

mines & Minerals and other mining leases of M/s.

ICL, SIMMINDS, blue metal quarries,

Gangaikondan SIPCOT, Wolkem India Limited

are situated in nearby and surrounding areas. ICL

cement factory is 2.7 km away (by road) from this

project.

4.1 GREEN BELT PROPOSALS:

The area experiences only very scanty rainfall during monsoon period.In the absence

of copious ground water only dry plants are grown in this area.It was proposed to plant 100

numbers of trees per annum during the last plan period and now they are in preparation of

site for planting 250 trees and the plantation will be done prior monsoon season.During the

present plan period it is proposed to plant 500 numbers of trees within the mining lease area

of 0.500 Ha.

5.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN (R&R PLAN)

The mining lease is being operated right from the year 1965 onwards. The entire

lease area is non-forest Patta land.As such, the question of (R&R) plan formulation does not

arise. There is absolutely no dislocation of any persons.

6.0 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES.

This mining lease is in operation from the year 1965 onwards. The entire mined out

limestone from this mine is being used captively in cement manufacturing unit of ICL at

Sankarnagar and it proves to be economically viable in all respects.

7.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL

The entire output from the mine is for captive usage of cement manufacturing plant at

Sankarnagar. Cement, being an infrastructural core industry, enabling infrastructural

development in the country and the Region, for which sector Government of India has

earmarked project financial outlays to the tune of US dollars one Trillion, in the 12 th five year

plan, this project contributes to GDP growth of the country, in a big way.



As limestone from the project is mostly used for cement manufacture, the project in

its own minor role is making contribution to infrastructural betterment of the country.

ICL has already carried out various social welfare measures and peripheral

developmental activities with a good social outreach, so as to enhance the life style, income

generation opportunities and educational levels of the local community in a big way. It has

been involved in developing health, education, skill development, environment and spiritual

development of the society.

Setting up of mines and the cement factory has resulted in overall development of

the region due to provision of direct & indirect employment, improvement in the general living

standards and knowledge sharing, improved wage level and the living standard of the local

people and continual improvements of the local amenities for the local society.

ICL will also ensure that bigger financial outlays are earmarked in future for social

outreach purposes which will enhance the life style, income levels educational and medical

services and infrastructural services of the local area and local community.

Financially, the local community will have benefits like increased income levels,

better life styles etc. Besides, the local panchayats, State and Central Governments will also

benefit due to receipt of taxes, cess, royalty etc., from the project proponent.

In the context of accrual of tangible benefits on all fronts arising from project

operations, the project is worthy of approval for improving the infrastructural, social and

financial status of the region, the State and the country, as a whole.

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CHAPTER II

INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.0 GENERAL:

M/S. The India Cements Limited (ICL) is having four mining leases in Talaiyuthu

limestone mine in TirunelveliTaluk and District. They are:

Sl.No. G.O No./Date Village Extent

Classification Hec.

1. 154/24-12-1998 Gangaikondan 22.305 Non-forest Patta

2. 628/11-09-1989 Talaiyuthu 17.44 Non-forest Patta

3. 148/18-6-1999 Talaiyuthu 96.71 Reserve Forest

4. 546/11.08.1989 Talaiyuthu 02.58 Poramboke

All the infrastructural facilities at Talaiyuthu Limestone Mine are commonly

used for these leases. This report is prepared for getting environmental clearance for

G.O.(3D) No.154 over an area of 22.305 Hectares (55.12 Acres).

Limestone from this mine will be supplied to India Cement’s Sankarnagar plant

located about 2.7 km (By Road), South of the mine site. The lease boundaries are shown

below:

The lease boundaries are shown below:



The mining lease was originally granted vide G.O.Ms.No.1622 dated 23.03.1965 for

a period of 20 years from 21.09.1965 to 20.09.1985 and the first renewal was granted vide

G.O.Ms.No.570 dated 22.08.1989 for a period of 10 years from 21.09.1985 to 20.09.1995.

Subsequently the second renewal was granted vide G.O. (3D) No.154 dated 24.12.1998 is

enclosed as Annexure– 1. The second renewal was granted for a period of 20 years and

the mining lease validity was expired on 20.09.2015. The mining lease renewal application

has been filed in Form –J and the renewal process is under consideration of Government of

Tamilnadu. The copy of Form-J and the acknowledgment of application in Form-D are

enclosed in Annexure - 2. As per MMDR Amendment Act 2015 the validity of mining lease

is up to 31.03.2030.

For obtaining environmental clearance, as per MoEF&CC Notification of September

2006, Form I and Feasibility report have to be submitted along with proposed Terms of

reference (TOR) for prescribing the TOR for the project by MoEF&CC / SEIAA.

The mining lease area is less than 50 hectares and the declared Gangaikondan

Spotted Deer Sanctuary is located within 5.0 Km from the mine site, hence this project

falls under category A as per MoEF&CC Notification.

Hence, Form – 1, proposed ToR and feasibility report have to be submitted to

MoEF&CC, for prescribing TOR and according EC after submission of EIA/EMP report to

them.

This feasibility report for G.O.No. 154 is prepared in line with the guidelines

issued by MoEF&CC, vide their letter dated 30th September 2010 for the peak usable

limestone production of2.09 LTPA (Lakh Tonnes per annum) for obtaining TOR from

MoEF&CC towards getting environmental clearance for the total ML area of 22.305 Ha.

This feasibility report is prepared based on the mining plan submitted for the period

2015-16 to 2019-20 and was approved by IBM vide letter No – TN/TNL/MP/LST-1955-MDS,

dated 13.10.2015 (Annexure – 3).

2.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT:

The India Cements Ltd (ICL) was established in 1946 and the first plant was setup at

Sankarnagar in Tamilnadu in 1948. Since then it has grown in stature to many plants spread

over Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana Maharashtra & Rajasthan.

ICL is one of the market leader in cement technology, cement manufacture and

marketing and because of its high quality standards of final product, it has attained a reputed

brand acceptability in southern India as well as all over the country.

The Company is the market leader with a market share of 28% in the South. It aims

to achieve 35% market share in the near future. The Company has access to huge



limestone resources and plans to expand capacity by de-bottlenecking and optimization of

existing plants as well as by acquisitions.

The Company has well established brands- Sankar Super Power, Coromandel Super

Power and Raasi Super Power.

The company has cement plants / grinding units at the following locations.

TAMIL NADU

i.. At Sankarnagar, Tirunelveli District -2.05 MTPA

ii. At Sankari, Salem District – 0.86 MTPA

iii. At Dalavoi,Perambalur District – 1.85 MTPA

iv. Grinding unit at Ponneri, Tiruvallur District, Chennai- 1.1 MTPA

ANDHRA PRADESH

i. At Chilamkur, Cuddapah district – 1.46 MTPA

ii. At Yerraguntala, Cuddapah district – 0.73 MTPA

TELANGANA

i. At Vishnupuram, Nalgonda district – 2.50 MTPA

ii. At Malkapur, Renga Reddy District - 2.4 MTPA

RAJASTHAN

i. Banswara, Rajasthan – 1.5 MTPA

MAHARASHTRA

i. Parli, Maharashtra – 1.1 MTPA

Sankarnagar Plant is one of the oldest cement plant in South India. The company

modernized by adopting latest dry process technology in the year 1990. In view of huge

financial investment made for modernizing the plant, the company requires necessary raw

material to run the plant for which there must be an assured supply of limestone of

acceptable quality. At present the requirement of limestone is being supplied by various

department mines as well as various supplier mines. Entire limestone produced from this

lease is supplied to Sankarnagar cement Plant.

2.2 LOCATION DETAILS OF THE PROJECT:

The mining lease is located in Gangaikondan village, TirunelveliTaluk, Tirunelveli

district of Tamilnadu. The district Headquarters, Tirunelveli is about 13 km (road)away from

Project and the nearest railway station, Talaiyuthu which is about 4.3 km (in the South) away

from project.

Entire land is non-forest Patta land. As such, there are no habitations in this area.

Mining operations in this lease commenced in year 1965.



The latitude and longitude of the mine lease area are as follows:

Location Latitude Longitude

South west end 08º49’04.41”N 77º43’49.45”E

North East end 08º49’22.13”N 77º44’02.00”E

South East end 08º49’00.00”N 77º43’59.10”E

North West end 08º49’24.5”N 77º43’49.0”E

The project area falls in Survey of India Toposheet No. 58 H/9

The location details are shown in Figure No - 1.

2.3 Mining lease details:

Brief history of the mining lease is given below:

SI.No. Particulars GO.No. / Date Period of

Lease

From To Extent

(Ha)

1 Original Lease 1622/23.03.1965 20 years 21.09.1965 20.09.1985 22.305

2 First renewal 570/22.08.1989 10 years 21.09.1985 20.09.1995 22.305

3 Second renewal 154/24.12.1998 20 years 21.09.1995 20.09.2015 22.305

Now, the mining lease renewal application has been filed in Form –J and the acknowledgment of

application in Form-D (Annexure – 2). However as per MMDR Amendment Act, 2015 the validity of

mining lease is extended up to 31.03.2030.

Lease map of the area is given as Figure No - 2.



Figure No - 1 LOCATION PLAN



Figure No - 2 LEASE PLAN



2. 4 BRIEF PROJECT PROFILE:

1. Name of Mine project : Talaiyuthu Limestone mine – G.O.(3D) No. 154

2. Project proponent : The India Cements Limited (ICL)

3. Extent : 22.305 Ha.

4. Type of Land : Non-forest Patta land.

5. Location : Gangaikondan village, TirunelveliTaluk& District, Tamilnadu

6. Topography : Sloping terrain with working RL ranging from 66 m to 114 m

AMSL.

7. Production capacity : Peak usable limestone production of 2.09 lakhtonnes per

annum

8. Total balance mineable

Reserves as on 01.09.2015

: Limestone - 4.9 lakhs tonnes

Magnesia Limestone - 9.1 lakh tonnes


9. Balance Waste as on

1-9-2015

: Development waste - 35.07 lakh tonnes

Interstitial waste - 5.75 lakh tonnes

Total - 40.82 lakh tonnes

10. Limestone to OB / waste

Ratio (T:T basis)

: Average of 1 : 2.89

11. Method of Mining :Mechanised mining method with conventional drilling and

blasting is being adopted in the mine. Whenever secondary

breaking is necessary hydraulic excavator attached with rock

breaker is engaged. Hydraulic excavators are engaged for

excavation of Limestone and waste rock. Tippers of 20Ts

capacity are deployed for transportation of Limestone to

factory & also for hauling waste rocks in to waste dump.

12. Bench parameters Height : 10m

Width : 10m

Ultimate pit slope : 450

Bench slope angles : 600

13. Ore end use : For captive use in cement plant of ICL at Sankarnagar

about 2.7 kms – S, (by road) away.

14. Waste management : The waste materials generated in the mine are development

waste and interstitial waste. The entire waste material

generated in the mine will be dumped in the waste dump

located in the eastern part of lease area. It is proposed to

advance the dump towards South and east during the Plan



period.

15. Life of mine : About 10 years

16. Water courses : No major water course in Mining lease area. Thamirabarani

River flows 5.4 km away in the SE direction of the lease area.

17. Ecologically sensitive

features

: Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary is situated about

2.2km (NE) from the project site.

18. Other industries in the area : Mining leases of Krishna mines, South India mines &

Minerals and other mining leases of M/s. ICL, SIMMINDS,

blue metal quarries, Gangaikondan SIPCOT, Wolkem India

Limited are situated in nearby and surrounding areas. ICL

cement factory is 2.7 kms away (by road) from this project.

2.5 Need for the project and its importance to the country and / or to the Region:

As already mentioned, this one of the captive mine of M/s India cements and it meets

part of the limestone requirements of Sankarnagar Cement plant situated about 2.7 km

away.

The mine is in operation from the year 1965 onwards is an interior backward rural

area with very little social and infrastructural facilities. The mining operations by ICL in this

area have brought improvement in social, infrastructural and employment sectors in the

area. Besides above benefits, financial accruals will be derived by Central, State

governments and local Panchayats on account of royalty, cess, duties, etc., from project

output.

Cement being a core infrastructural sector component, limestone supplies for cement

manufacture also assumes great importance.

In view of above aspects, it can be seen that the project is a prime need for growth of

backward area of the region and for GDP growth in state/central areas. The project will also

improve the Human Development Index (HDI) of the area.

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CHAPTER III

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 TYPE OF PROJECT:

This project pertains to mining of limestone & Magnesia limestone to the peak usable

limestone production of 2.09 lakh tonnes per annum, for captive usage of ICL cement

manufacturing unit which is about 2.7 km away. The technical profiles of the project are

given below.

3.2 LOCATION:

The mining Lease covered under G.O.(3D) No. 154is located in Gangaikondan

village, TirunelveliTaluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The nearest railway station

Talaiyuthu is about 4.3 Km – S (by road) from the project site. The area falls in Toposheet no

58 H/9. Since the mineral deposits are site specific, alternate site considerations do not

warrant analysis.

3.3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

3.3.1 GEOLOGY:

3.3.1.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY:

The rocks in this region consist of varied mixed gneisses and charnockite of

Archaean. Due to intense metamorphism coupled with intrusive activities, these rock

formations are seen as heterogeneous assemblages of metamorphic facies. The

arenaceousfacies are represented by the quartzite rocks and argillaceous facies are

represented by calc gneiss and calcareous facies are represented by crystalline limestone

respectively. These rocks are generally termed as granulitic group of rocks.

3.3.1.2 LOCAL GEOLOGY:

The rocks occurring in this region are metamorphosed crystalline limestone,

associated with cal gneiss and quartzite of Achaean. The limestone seen in this area is

occurring as a narrow linear band associated with quartzite and Charnockite. The limestone

is being soft and more plastic than the associated rocks, shows heavy contortions and

numerous minor folds due to flowage. Vertical and tensional joints across foliation are very

common. There is no fault observed in this area. The limestone is intercalated with

Charnockite, calc gneiss and quartzite. Since these calc gneiss bands are very small in

thickness, hence they have not shown in the geological plan and cross sections. The

limestone is white to grey in colour and lots of specks of mafic minerals are seen in the

limestone body. The quality of limestone is generally analyse CaCO3 70 to 73 %, MgCO3

3.6 to 4.5% and SiO2 from 16 to 19 %, where the quality of magnesian limestone is CaCO3

65 to 70%, MgCO3 12.0 to13.5 % and SiO2 from 14 to16 %. The general strike of the



limestone band is N-S and the limestone is dipping due West 65º to 75º. The various litho

units and structural features are shown in the Geological cross sections.

Geological plan and cross sections are given as Figure No - 3 & 4.

3.3.1.3 EXPLORATION:

The detailed exploration in the mining lease area was carried out in two phases, first

phase during 1982 and second during 2013-14. Totally 25 boreholes were drilled for a total

meterage of 864.0m.

3.3.1.4 RESERVES & WASTE:

The estimation of reserves of this area was done based on geological cross

section method by drawing sections at 50m interval. The bulk density is taken as 2.6

Ts/Cu.M. The total limestone and Magnesia Limestone reserves estimated in the mining

lease area as on 01.04.2015 is given below:

SUMMARY OF LIMESTONE RESERVES AS ON 01.04.2015

UNFC Code

Quantity in million tons

Grade

Proved Mineral Reserve 111 0.49 Limestone 0.96 Mg. Limestone

Probable Mineral Reserve 121 & 122 Nil Total Mineral Reserve 1.45

The reserves estimated in this mining lease area are classified under proved reserve

with UNFC code 111. During the period from 1.04.2015 to 31.08.2015 totally 49257.10 Ts of

Magnesia Limestone was mined out and the balance limestone and magnesia limestone

reserves and resources as on 01.09.2015 is given below:

SUMMARY OF LIMESTONE RESERVES & RESOURCES AS ON 01.09.2015

UNFC Code

Quantity in million tons

Grade

A. Total Mineral Reserve 1.40

Proved Mineral Reserve 111 0.49 Limestone 0.91 Mg. Limestone

Probable Mineral Reserve 121 & 122 Nil

B. Total Remaining Resources 3.69

Feasibility Mineral Resources 211 0.23 Limestone

2.14 Mg. Limestone

Prefeasibility Mineral Resources 221 & 222 Nil

Measured Mineral resource 331 Nil

Indicated Mineral Resource 332 Nil

Inferred Mineral Resource 333 0.77 Limestone

0.55 Mg. Limestone

Reconnaissance Mineral Resource

334 Nil

Total Reserve + Resources 5.11



Waste:

The waste rock generated from the mining is the interstitial rock calc gneiss and side

wall development rocks Charnockite and quartzite. The total waste to be generated from this

mine for the balance mine life is estimated to be 40.82 lakh tonnes. Out of this 35.07 lakh

tonnes are developmental waste and 5.75 lakh tonnes are interstitial waste.

The entire waste material generated in the mine will be dumped in the waste dump

located in the eastern part of lease area. It is proposed to advance the dump towards South

and east during the Plan period.

3.3.1.5 GRADE:

GRADE SiO2 % CaCo3 % MgCo3 %

Limestone 16.2 70.2 3.7

Magnesia Limestone 15.6 67.8 13.0

3.3.2 MINING METHOD:

The mine is a mechanised opencast mine and conventional mining method with

deep hole drilling and blasting is being adopted in the mine. The mine will be ultimately

having one mining pit as shown in the conceptual plan. The height & width of the working

benches are maintained at 10 meters. The primary hole drilled by 115 mm dia DTH drills

are loaded with 20 to 30% of cap-sensitive primer explosives of nitrate mixture (slurry

explosives) or nitro compound explosives in combination with 60 to 70 % non cap-sensitive

nitrate mixture and or ANFO explosives and detonated by short delay electric detonators in

pre-designed hook-ups to attain a powder factor of 5 to 6 ts/kg with spacing of 3.5 meters

and burden 3 meters. The average yield per 10 meter hole will be 262 Tonnes. Blasting is

done by controlled basting technique using Sequential Timer Blasting Machine in

combination with delay detonators. By using the Sequential Timer Blasting Machine, fly

rocks, ground vibration and noise are totally controlled. There is no secondary blasting in

the mine. About 20 % of primary blast materials in limestone require secondary breaking,

which is being done by hydraulic rock breaker. The blasted materials are loaded to 20 Ts

capacity trucks by deploying PC300 type hydraulic excavator. The mine will be worked in 5

to 10 meter slices and the ultimate size of the benches will be 10m x 10m.

The present pit dimensions are given below;

Average length (NS) - 475 m

Average width (EW) - 200 m

Maximum depth (m) - 40 m

Minimum depth (m) - 2 m

Extent (Ha) - 9.422 Ha



The Surface plan showing the present mine position & mine position at the end of

present plan period are given as Figure No - 5 & 6.

The mining operation will be carried out as per the Mining Plan. The depth of the

working in limestone band is up to 30RL and Magnesia Limestone band up to 40RL.

Considering the available reserves quantity the Limestone to total waste ratio during the plan

period is 1:3.01 and the overall Limestone to total waste ratio is 1: 2.89, which is economic

for such type of metamorphic deposits. There is only one waste dump in the mining lease

area, which is located in the eastern part of the lease area. The development and the

interstitial waste generated during the plan period will be dumped in the above waste dump.

The recovery of limestone from the ROM is 60% for cement grade Limestone and 75% for

magnesia Limestone.

Once the entire limestone of this mine is excavated up to the ultimate pit limit the

mining pit will be used for rain water harvesting. The ultimate pit dimension is given below

Average length (NS) - 520 m

Average width (EW) - 240 m

Maximum depth - 76 m

Minimum depth - 5 m

Extent (Ha) - 12.164 Ha

The conceptual plan and cross section are given as Figure No - 7 & 8.



3.3.2.1 PRODUCTION RATE:

The year wise production of ore and waste as per the present plan period is as follows:

SUMMARY OF YEARWISE LIMESTONE PRODUCTION & WASTROCK PROPOSED QUANTITIES IN TONNES

Year Pit No

Total tentative

Excavation (Ts)

Top Soil (Ts)

Side Burden

(Ts)

ROM (Ts) ROM (Ts) Mineral Reject

(Ts)

Usable Ore : Total Waste Ratio

Usable Limestone

(Ts)

ISW @ 40% (Ts)

Usable Magnesia Limestone

(Ts)

ISW @ 25% (Ts)

Total Usable

Ore (Ts)

ISW (Ts)

1 2 3 = 5+6+7 4 5 6a 7a 6b 7b 6 7 8 9

2015-16 Only one pit

in mining lease area

212521 Nil 150708 11936 7957 46360 15453 58296 23410 Nil 1:2.99

2016-17 775825 Nil 536578 17308 11539 179435 59812 196743 71351 Nil 1:3.09

2017-18 1252435 Nil 1032235 43540 29027 165150 55050 208690 84077 Nil 1:5.35

2018-19 495547 Nil 364182 103857 69238 98524 32841 202381 102079 Nil 1:2.30

2019-20 269465 Nil 141622 104098 69399 95882 31961 199980 101360 Nil 1:1.22 Total 3005793 Nil 2225325 280739 187160 585351 195117 866090 382277 Nil 1:3.01

The year wise programme of limestone production and development for first five years of plan of mining as well as for every

five year interval are as follows:

FIVE YEARLY EXCAVATION PROGRAMME UP TO THE LIFE OF THE MINE

YEAR PERIOD ROM Limestone

Interstitial Waste

Development Total

Waste Limestone to total waste

ratio Ts Ts Ts Ts Ts

During Plan period

2015-20 1248367 866090 382277 2225325 2607602 1:3.01

Last five years

2020-25 740677 547716 192961 1281555 1474516 1:2.69

Total 1989044 1413806 575238 3506880 4082118 1:2.89



Figure No - 3 GEOLOGICAL PLAN



Figure No - 4 GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTION



Figure No - 5 SURFACE PLAN



Figure No - 6

MINE POSITION AT THE END OF PRESENT PLAN PEROID



. Figure No - 7 CONCEPTUAL PLAN



Figure No - 8 CONCEPTUAL CROSS SECTION PLAN



3.3.2.2 EXTENT OF MECHANIZATION:

As already mentioned, all the infrastructural facilities at Talaiyuthu Limestone Mine

are commonly used for these leases (G.O.154 & 628).The details of machineries deployed in

this mining lease are shown below:

LIST OF MINING MACHINERY UNDER USE

3.3.2.3 LIFE OF MINE:

The life of the mine will be about 10 years.

3.3.2.4 DISPOSAL OF WASTE:

The waste materials generated in the mine are development waste and interstitial

waste which will be dumped in the existing waste dump in eastern part of mining lease

area. The total area required for waste dumping is 7.456 Ha and there is an adequate area

available for dumping the waste within the mining lease area. It is also proposed to

providing garland drain around the dump at the end of the life of the mine. The ultimate

capacity & dimensions of the dumps are given below.

DUMP

Extent (Ha)

Avg. Length (M) Avg.

Width (M) Height (M)

No. of Terraces

Angle of

Repose

Capacity (Lakh Ts) (NS) (EW)

Waste Dump

7.456 363 205 55 5 45° 56.36

Location of these dumps is shown in conceptual plan (Figure No - 7).

3.4 USE OF LIMESTONE OUTPUT FROM MINE:

As mentioned earlier, limestone output from the mine will be fed directly to the

cement plant of India cements at Sankarnagar.

Sl.No. EQUIPMENT HP CAPACITY UNITS OUTPUT

DRILLING

1) Compressor 169 400 cfm 2 2) Wagon Drill -- 115 mm dia 2 10 m/Hr

LOADING

3) PC 300 Excavator with Rock breaker & Bucket attachment.

242 1.40 cu.m 2

125 TPH-Excavation

80TPH-Rock breaker

Hauling

4) Dumper 375 35Ts 2 --

TRANSPORT

5) Tippers 180 20Ts 5 --



3.5 MINERAL BENEFICIATION:

The limestone mined from this mine is directly consumed by the captive ICL

Sankarnagar factory and no beneficiation method is adopted.

3.6 LAND USE PATTERN:

The present land use pattern, at the end of plan period and the post mining land use

pattern is shown below.

Sl.No. Head

Area of Land Use (Ha)

As on date

At the end of plan period

At the end of life of the mine

1 Area excavated 9.422 10.921 12.164

2 Storage for top soil 0.000 0.000 0.000

3 Overburden Dump 3.647 6.690 7.456

4 Mineral Storage(Low Grade fines) 0.000 0.000 0.000

5 Infrastructure 0.000 0.000 0.000

6 Roads 0.241 0.241 0.241

7 Railways 0.000 0.000 0.000

8 Green Belt 0.000 0.500 1.000

9 Tailing Pond 0.000 0.000 0.000

10 Effluent Treatment Plant 0.000 0.000 0.000

11 Mineral Separation Plant 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Township area 0.000 0.000 0.000

13 Others (Area for future mining) 8.995 3.953 1.444

Total 22.305 22.305 22.305

3.7 MANPOWER:

The present direct manpower strength is 17 and indirectly more than 100 persons will

benefit due to employment prospects in allied services like logistical operations, trading

activities, casual labor needs, green belt creation etc.

3.8 WATER AVAILABILITY AND WATER NEEDS:

Total water requirements for the ML operations (G.O.No. 628&154) will be as

follows:

Domestic - 01.5 Cu.M/day

Water sprinkling / dust suppression - 12.0 Cu.M/day

Green belt/plantation - 03.5 Cu.M/day - - - - - 17.0Cu.M/day

- - - - - - -

Industrial water requirement like dust suppression, green belt, etc. will be met from

mine sump water& borewell. Drinking water requirement will be met from own bore well.



3.9 SITE SERVICES:

Common site services like mine office, first aid room, rest shelters, toilets, already

existing in the mines. The proponent is having a centralized workshop facilities at mines

maintenance division at Thalaiyuthu village. Licensed Magazine located at Ramayanpattiand

Talaiyuthu village is used commonly for Talaiyuthu Limestone Mines for storage of

explosives. There will not be any storage of explosives at site.

3.10 ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENTS:

About 65000 units of electricity are used both together for G.O.No.628 & 154 on

yearly basis. Entire power requirement is being met from the TNEB Grid.

3.11 EFFLUENT SYSTEMS:

The only effluents arising from the combined mine lease will be domestic waste water to

the tune of about 0.6 KLD. This will be suitably discharged into the septic tank with soak pits.

3.12 FINAL PRODUCT MARKETING :

The entire output of limestone including subgrade high magnesia limestone is being

used for cement manufacture in ICL at Sankarnagar, as stated earlier.

3.13 LINEAR SCHEMATIC SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT USE:

Entire limestone output is being supplied to the crusher in the cement plant of M/s

The India cements Limited at Sankarnagar. After physical sizing of products in the crusher,

the crushed limestone is passed through vertical roller mills for grinding. Along with the

limestone, some additives are being added to maintain proper qualitative standards of raw

meal. Raw meal will be sent through kiln for clinkerisation and the clinker will be ground to

fine cement with gypsum or fly ash to maintain the proper standards for cement setting times

by way of retardation, etc.

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CHAPTER IV

SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 CONNECTIVITY:

This lease area is located in Gangaikondan village, Tirunelvelitaluk, Tirunelveli

district of Tamilnadu. Nearest railway station is Talaiyuthu which is about 4.3 km (in the

South) away from project.

The project is easily approachable from NH-44 (Previously NH-7) connecting

Kanyakumari and Varanasi on the eastern side passing 2.7km (E) of the lease area. Mineral

transportation from this lease to the cement plant is done through dedicated road.

4.2 LAND FORM, LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP:

The mining lease in the area is under operation by project proponent, since 1965.

The entire lease area is non-forest Patta land.

4.3 TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE:

The terrain of the lease hold area has a low relief, on the eastern side with

undulations which rise up on the western side to form a quartzite hillock. The area is rocky

terrain with quartzite scattered all around the mine. The area experiences very scanty rainfall

even during the monsoon period. The vegetation are mainly xerophytes like cactus, Zizphys

jujube(common jujube) and no other trees are found to be grown. The area is neither

catchment area nor water shed nor does any river ornalla emanate from this area. The area

appears on the ground as a desolate patch. The western part of the area is under Talaiyuthu

Reserve forest.There are no wild life and the entire area presents a desolate patch.

ThamirabaraniRiver flows 5.4 km away from the SE direction of the lease area.

4.4 PROJECT LAYOUT IN RELATION TO IMPORTANT NATURAL FEATURES:

The mining lease area is devoid of declared ecologically sensitive features like

national parks, biospheres, sanctuaries, etc., as mentioned earlier. No forest land is involved

in the lease area. The area also does not come under CRZ category. The feature in 10 km

radius is shown in Index Plan. (Refer Figure No - 9)

In the 10km buffer zone,the following features are observed:

S.No Particulars Details

1. Nearest villages

Talaiyuthu - 1.7 km - S

Thenkulam – 3.2 km – W

Pudur - 3.0 km - NW Tatanuttu- 1.5 km - SE Nallammalpuram - 3.2 km – NW Pallikkottai - 4.2 km - N Gangaikondan – 6.3 km – NE Rajapathi – 5.2 km NE

2. Nearest Major water bodies Tamirabarani River –5.4 km - SE



Chittar River – 6.4 Km - NE

3. Notified Archaeologically important

places, Monuments Nil within 10km radius

4. Local Places of Historical and Tourism

Interest Nil within 10km radius

5. Environmental sensitive areas,

Protected areas as per Wildlife

Protection Act, 1972 (Tiger reserve,

Elephant reserve, Biospheres, National

parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, community

reserves and conservation reserves)

Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary in

Tirunelveli (G.O.TN.No. 150 dated 01.10.2013) is

notified under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972

situated within the 5 km (2.2 km) radius from the

project site.

6. Reserved / Protected Forests Talaiyuthu R.F – The mining lease area falls

adjoining to the Reserved forest area, where the

proponent has applied for renewal of mining lease

which is pending for forest clearance.

Gangaikondan P.F – 2.2km –E

7. Defence Installations Nil within 10km radius

8. Seismic Zone Zone – II (Least Active)

9. Other Industries in the area Mining leases of Krishna mines, South India

mines & Minerals and other mining leases of M/s.

ICL, SIMMINDS, blue metal quarries,

Gangaikondan SIPCOT, Wolkem India Limited

are situated in nearby and surrounding areas. ICL

cement factory is 2.7 km away (by road) from this

project.

4.5 EXISTING STRUCTURE:

The area is well connected by roads. The limestone is being transported to India

Cements plant at Sankarnagarthrough dedicated road. Besides, adequate site services are

provided in the mine as per statutes.

4.6 CLIMATIC SCENARIO:

This area is situated in the warm climatic belt with moderate humidity. The maximum

summer temperatures range from 38 to 40˚C, while minimum in winter is about 20˚C. The

area receives moderate rainfall during from both SW and NE monsoon season averaging

558.7 mm from the year 1994 to 2014. The maximum rainfall is generally experienced in the

months of September, October and November.

4.7 SOIL STATUS:

As the project area is of hard rock formations and it is in operation from the year

1965 onwards, top soil is almost absent in the area. However, whatever little top soil is

available in future operations, this will be used for green belt creation, with supplementary

additions from outside sources.



STUDY AREA WITHIN 10 KM RADIUSFigure No - 9



4.8 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE:

The following villagesare situated near the project site, whose details are given

below.

NAME

DISTANCE AND

DIRECTION

POPULATION (As per

Census of India 2011)

Pudur 3.0 km (NW) 1328

Pallikkottai 4.2 km (N) 5045

Thenkulam 3.2km (W) 2911

Talaiyuthu 1.7 km (S) 9013

Rajavallipuram 3.5 km (SE) 3947

Gangaikondan 6.3 km (NE) 9999

The study of amenities in the villages indicates that drinking water is available in all

the villages and the other facilities like post office, medical facilities also exist in some

villages. Primary schools exist in all the villages, whereas middle and High schools are

available in Thenkulam village.

4.8.1 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARISING OUT OF MINING

OPERATIONS:

The area is mostly backward and the rainfall is also very low. The villagers mostly

depend upon dry crops. The mine has already employed labourers from the nearby villages.

The company also helps in social functions like temple festival and sponsoring various

health camps etc. The company runs an elementary school named BalaVidhyalaya, a higher

secondary school named Sankar Higher Secondary School and a polytechnic named Sankar

Polytechnic. The local people use these facilities for their children. For various CSR

activities, M/s. The India Cements Limited spent about Rs. 261.70 Lakhs in the period of

2010 – 2016.

Since there are many mining leases in the study area, a combined CSR proposal is

formulated for all the mines together. In future, the following social welfare activities will also

be undertaken by project authorities to improve the physical and social infrastructures of the

local community.

Conducting Mobile health camps in regular intervals so as to cover all the

villages in the impact zone.

Conducting Polio vaccination camps, veterinary camps, AIDS awareness

programme, de-addiction and rehabilitation programme for alcoholics can be

conducted once in 6 months / year.

Providing free medicines, distribution of hearing aids, spectacles, walking



sticks, tricycles for physically challenged etc.

Providing bore wells / sintex tanks / ground levels tanks/ motor room / pipe

fittings, repair of bore wells.

Distribution of note books, school bags, prizes for meritorious children,,

scholar ship for meritorious needy students

Renovation/ repairing / upgradation of facilities in Balwadis, schools, provision

of toilets in schools etc.

Providing new community hall, public toilets, renovating child centre, ration

shop, Construction of bus shelters etc.

Vocational training, tailoring, Embroidery training, etc.

Conducting veterinary camps, water tanks for animals etc., and provision for

other activities

Future plan of action estimated for next five years period includes Rs.50 Lakhs. For

all the mining leases of Talaiyuthu Limestone Mines. Rs. 10 lakhs per year will be spent

under CSR. The breakup of the same will be decided based on the immediate need and

priority.

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CHAPTER V

PLANNING BRIEF

5.1 PLANNING CONCEPT:

As detailed in earlier chapters, the mine will be producing peak usable limestone

production of 2.09 lakh tonnes per annum. The entire output is for captive usage of ICL

cement manufacturing unit at Sankarnagar.

5.2 POPULATION PROJECTIONS:

The mines provides direct employment to about 17 persons and indirectly more than

100 people benefit through allied services like trading, logistics, casual labors etc..

As mentioned earlier on paras 4.8.1, in chapter IV, the project proponent has carried

out various social welfare measures under their well-formulated “CSR” scheme.

Because of above employment opportunities and social welfare measures extended

by ICL to local community, there will be improvement in life styles, income levels, and

educational statuses of local population. As a result, the Human Development Index (HDI) of

the area will also improve.

5.3 LAND USE PLANNING:

The details of land use planning for the project have been furnished in para 3.6 in

chapter III.

5.4 GREEN BELT PROPOSALS:

The area experiences only very scanty rainfall during monsoon period. In the

absence of copious ground water only dry plants are grown in this area.It was proposed to

plant 100 numbers of trees per annum during the last plan period and now they are in

preparation of site for planting 250 trees and the plantation will be done prior monsoon

season. During the present plan period it is proposed to plant 500 numbers of trees within

the mining lease area of 0.500 Ha.

The details of year wise plantation proposed is given below:

YEAR WISE PLANTATION PROGRAMME

CALENDAR YEAR

LOCATION AREA No. OF

TREES SPECIES

(Hec.)

2015-16 South Side of ML Area 0.100 100

Pungamiaglabara (Pungan) ,

neem, badam, pungan,

&manjalkondrai

2016-17 Eastern Side of ML Area 0.100 100



2019-20 South Side of ML Area 0.100 100

Total 0.500 500



5.5 ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND:

As the mine project is in operation for many years i.e from year 1965 onwards, good

infrastructural facilities already exist in the area. Limestone is being transported through the

dedicated road to the cement manufacturing unit of ICL which is about 2.7km away from the

project site.

In addition, good water supply and power facilities are existing for this project. All site

service facilities are also created by ICL for smooth uninterrupted mining operations, as per

statutory standards.

5.6 AMENITIES AND FACILITIES:

As mentioned in para 5.5 above, good facilities and amenities for properly conducting

the project operations are already in place. The staff and workers in the project are provided

with necessary facilities like good drinking water, personal protective devices to avoid risk

and injuries, good vocational training sessions, propagation of safety awareness and safe

practices, etc., so that the project operations do not affect the working staff. Medical facilities

are also provided to the workers and staff of the project.

Similarly occupational health check-up is being and will be carried out at least once a

year of all staff and workers for detecting any incidence of occupational health problems.

The local nearby population will be subjected to frequent check-up through medical camps

for any health problems.

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CHAPTER VI

PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

As this mining project is being operated for many years in the past by the project

proponent, good infrastructural layout as mandated by statutory standards is already

available in the area. Besides, there are 2 residential colonies already developed by ICL for

the staffs of cement plant and various mines. As such there is no proposal for any additional

infrastructures.

CHAPTER VII

REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN (R&R PLAN)

The mining lease is in operations right from the year1965 onwards. The entire project

area is non forest Patta land. As such, the question of (R&R) plan formulation does not arise.

There is absolutely no dislocation of any persons.

CHAPTER VIII

PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES

The entire mined out limestone from this mine is for the captive usage of ICL cement

manufacturing unit at Sankarnagar and it proves to be economically viable in all respects.

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CHAPTER IX

ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL

(FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

9.1 ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURAL, SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF

THE PROJECT

9.1.1 Infrastructural growth analysis:

Limestone is a major raw material for manufacturing cement. Cement, being an

infrastructural core industry, enabling infrastructural development in the country and the

Region, for which sector Government of India has earmarked project financial outlays to the

tune of US dollars one Trillion, in the 12th five year plan, this project contributes to GDP

growth of the country, in a big way. As limestone from the project is mostly used for cement

manufacture, the projects own its minor role in making contribution to infrastructural

betterment of the country. Due to this mine infrastructural development has also taken place

locally.

9.1.2 Social benefits:

ICL is already working in the area for production of limestone from various mines and

cement plant operations nearby, as mentioned earlier. They have already carried out various

social welfare measure and peripheral developmental activities with a good social outreach,

so as to enhance the life style, income generation opportunities and educational levels of the

local community in a big way. It has been involved in developing health, education, skill

development, environment and spiritual development of the society.

Setting up of mines and the cement factory has resulted in overall development of

the region due to provision of direct & indirect employment ,Improvement in the general

living standards and knowledge sharing, improved wage level and the living standard of the

local people and continual improvements of the local amenities for the local society.

ICL will also ensure that bigger financial outlays are earmarked in future for social outreach

purposes which will enhance the life style, income levels educational and medical services

and infrastructural services of the local area and local community.

9.1.3 Analysis of Financial benefits:

Financially, the local community will have benefits like increased income levels,

better life styles etc. Besides, the local panchayats, State and Central Governments will also

benefit due to receipt of taxes, cess, royalty etc., from the limestone output from the project.



9.1.4 Conclusion:

In the context of accrual of tangible benefits on all fronts arising from project

operations, the project is worthy of approval for improving the infrastructural, social and

financial status of the region, the State and the country, as a whole.

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ANNEXURE – 1

MINE GO COPY FOR G.O. (3D) No. 154













ANNEXURE – 2

COPY OF RENEWAL APPLICATION IN FORM-J AND ITS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN FORM-D













ANNEXURE – 3

MININIG PLAN APPROVAL LETTER



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